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The 19th annual Willow Park Wines & Spirits (WPWS) Charity Wine Auction, held Nov. 3 at WPWS, was surely one of the best events of the fall social season. The Venice-themed event was sold out weeks prior. More than 450 elegantly attired guests donned their Venetian finest to sip and bid on some of the finest libations there are. Superb samplings from the city’s top restaurants, dancing to the Real Deal Band and over-the-top live auction items ensured all had a memorable time. The event raised $230,000 for Alberta Guide Dog Association, The Poppy Fund & Veterans Food Bank, Haskayne School of Business and Prostate Cancer Centre.

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Fashion, philanthropy, inspiration and funny seamlessly blended together March 6 at Hotel Arts at Love Her — a fundraiser and friend-raiser in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada. There is nothing funny about ovarian cancer, however, as late detection results in five-year survival rates of less than 30 per cent. Further, there is no effective screening test for ovarian cancer and every year 1,750 Canadian women die from the disease.

More than a decade after his first bout with the disease, Brett Wilson’s cancer has returned. The Calgary philanthropist, who was diagnosed in 2001 with prostate cancer and underwent treatment, announced Monday on Twitter that he is fighting cancer for a second time.

Wanda St. Hilaire had a successful sales job, a great apartment and a fine life. She was planning a trip to Italy with one of her dearest friends, and she was celebrating 20 years of being cancer-free. Then she found a lump in her breast. The cancer had returned.

At a large northwest Calgary house, people living with cancer partake in a wide range of programs intended to support healing of the body, mind and spirit. The warm and welcoming Montgomery home has a jam-packed schedule of programs ranging from yoga to creative journaling, drumming and courses on money, returning to work and nutrition.

It was a typically spectacular day in paradise — Kaanapali Beach, Maui, to be exact — when Heather Williams was slathering on the sunscreen. For the first time in years, the smart, active 38-year-old felt strong — physically and mentally — after battling nearly 15 years of depression. Facing the blue Pacific, she worked in the lotion, making sure not to miss a spot.

Prominent downtown landowner, tireless advocate for Calgary, generous friend, loving husband, father and grandfather. There was no shortage of words to describe Larry Ryder as friends and family remembered him Friday.

Nearly 1,800 cyclists rode 112 kilometres in support of cancer research on Saturday — and then they did it again on Sunday. The participants in the 2014 Ride to Conquer Cancer left Canada Olympic Park Saturday morning and made their way southwest towards Bragg Creek, through Priddis, south to Turner Valley, and east to Okotoks. On Sunday, they rode the same route home.

When Bob Conconi discovered he had throat cancer, the very cancer that his father had died from three decades earlier, he and his wife, Diane, were in the midst of building a beautiful custom home overlooking the ocean on Pender Island, B.C. Advances in treatment meant that Conconi made a full recovery, and in gratitude to the research done by the B.C. Cancer Agency supported by the B.C. Cancer Foundation, the couple decided to donate the home and property to the foundation to auction.

Trust the marketing wizards at Village Brewery to come up with a fun and quirky way to raise funds for a much-needed cause. For the second year in a row, the NutAle fundraiser was a great success and was supported by those who enjoy a pint of specially brewed ale — all the while raising money for the Prostate Cancer Centre.

Your faithful social scribe is kept hopping more than usual during Stampede, zooming from event to event. July 3 was particularly busy with four events. The annual Scott Stomp, hosted by Scott Land & Lease and held at the Wildhorse Saloon, is one event not to be missed.

Samantha Andres was eight when she was struck in the leg by a ball that she was tossing back and forth with her brother. It hit a bump on her leg that she’d noticed sometime ago and thought nothing of. But the pain that shot through her entire little body that day was unlike any other she could have imagined.

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